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Summary: Awesome Sound and Picture Clarity
Review: I bought this amazing player around 12-14 months ago when DVD's were still not that popular and CDRs were also kind of new. This has by far been the best player within my friend circle ecause it could play all kinds of DVDs/VCDs and has played all the DVDs including the rental scratchy one's from Netflix. It has boat coaxial and optical jacks which work well with my home theater system and sound quality is amazing.I can play all the CDRs and I've even tried playing VCDs (burned from Roxio software) and it's just great and works like a charm.
Even though it's an old model from Pioneer, it's stil the best.
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Summary: High quality audio & video playback
Review: I bought this player in 2001, about 18 months ago, and I have had no problems so far whatsoever, performance has been very impressive. I have connected it with regular components, a Panasonic widescreen TV, a Sony surround receiver. The Pioneer's been reliable and above all good quality, it shows the expertise of Pioneer in the field of disc players.
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Summary: Excellent Machine
Review: I can't see why one would spend alot of money on a high end DVD player when you can get this one for under $300. I did alot of research before buying the Pioneer 525, and you can't get a better machine. Not just good for the money, just a very good machine. You have all three ways to connect this machine to your system. Simple to use, and CD's sound unbelieveable. I have read a few reviews about the tray making a sound when you load a disk, so what. When a disk is playing you can't hear the mechanism unless you put your ear to it. A very good machine by a company that has always produced excellence.
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Summary: It is great, but if I had to do it all over again . .
Review: I compared several DVD Players (Phillips, Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic & RCA) before deciding on the Pioneer. I really thought the Phillips would be a small margin better but bought the Pioneer to go with my new Pioneer Reciever and it was cheaper at Crutchfield. I loved this player when I first hooked it up. Fabulous picture, easy set up, great sound. Heck, I even like the remote. But I have noticed some little things that I do not like. When the DVD moves to the next chapter there is a slight pause (very evident with "The Messenger"). It is only as quick as a blink, but it is there. It also flashes "SEARCHING" on the screen when moving to the next chapter. That is kind of distracting. The dvd drawer and startup are a little loud but once I put it in my entertainment center I couldn't hear it. I have played "The Matrix" on it with no problems. I only had one incident with a movie. The DV525 freaked out when I played "Story of Us". It just stopped mid way and the picture jumped all over the screen. I couldn't get it to do anything but jump around. I finally just shut off the power. But now the DVD will not get past the menu on that movie. All the other movies I have played on it have been fine. I put in all of my DVD's after that incident and they each played great. The DVD "The Story Of Us" was a rental so it may have been scrached or something. I am praying that is what it is. Overall I am pleased with this unit. The problems I mentioned are very picky little things. It wasn't enough to go through the trouble of exchanging it but if I did it again, I would have bought the Phillips DVD825AT.
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Summary: Pioneer DV 525 is merely OK
Review: I gave this players every chance before taking it back recently. I have 5 DVD players and have a very good grasp of features and performance. The Pioneer DV525 picture is it's downfall in my opinion. Compared to Toshiba, Sony, Proscan, Philips and Panasonic the picture appears very dark. Even though it offers different setting for cinema, animation and normal there was little change to the picture overall. The audio was adequate but not up to par with other models. The nice features are CD-R,CD-RW, VCD and PAL/NTSC playback which is rare among players. Why did it go back? It simply stopped reading discs after exchanging it TWICE after only a week of playing. The quality is apparently the problem here and may start with it's very cheap design. You can do a lot better with a Toshiba product or the newly released Philips (invented DVD)which have improved dramatically.
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Summary: Great Player
Review: I got this player about 2 weeks ago. It's fantastic. It has all the outputs I need (Component video, Svideo, etc.) No problems playing any DVD's even the Matrix. The warranty is even beyond what you get for most players in its price range. Very happy with this player.
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Summary: Amazing! 5 stars for sure
Review: I got this player for Christmas and it Rocks! I will never forget when me and my Cousin put in a copy of the Mummy. When the Menu came up, we both looked at each other in AWE. Picture quality is great and sound is superb. I am a very picky person and have no problems with this player. I compared prices and features for months before buying this player and My preparation payed off. I will save you the time. This is a great Player. The only complaint I might have is with the remote...It is kinda small but You can get a better one if you want. I have had no problems with any disk including the Matrix.
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Summary: NICE PLAYER
Review: I GOT THIS PLAYER FOR TWO WEEKS NICE VIDEO AND SOUND BUT A LITTLE BIT NOISY WHEN YOU PUT A DISC ON THE TRAY AFTER SPINNING IT WILL GO AWAY.
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Summary: BUYERS, BE AWARE.
Review: I had 2 DVD players made by Pioneer. They are nice machines... for a little over a year. Then the warranty expires. The problem these players seem to have has to do with poorly designed dual laser pick up (one - for DVDs, the other one - for CDs and Video CDs). The first player I had stopped playing CDs and Video CDs, I got the other one - this one stopped playing DVDs.
On the positive side - the picture is very good, so if you are after a short-term buy go ahead, otherwise look for another brand.
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Summary: Good player
Review: I had the machine for a week now and am very pleased with. Picture is excellent and the sound is very good too. The only problem I have is with the remote control. It is too small and cluttered. Buttons are small and it is not ergonomic at all. I was comparing it with Toshiba 2109 but the built quality of the Toshiba is disappointing. Pioneer is much nicer product with more features for the same price.
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